Seminar Fact Sheet
| General Details | |
|---|---|
| Title | Seminar Kapitalmarktforschung |
| Course number(s) | 271022 |
| Offered | Winter term 2025/26 |
| Course availability | Winter and summer term |
| General topic | Capital Market Research |
Target group / Area | BSc WiWi PO 2017: Areas business (BWL) |
| Number of participants | 20 |
| Language | German or English |
| Location | Internal seminar |
| Industry partner | No |
| Timetable | Block event |
| Completion of term paper | During the term |
| Requirements and Support | |
| Objectives | In this empirical seminar, students investigate capital market related research questions by applying numerical software (e.g. Python or R). Subsequently, results are evaluated economically and presented scientifically. |
| Prerequisites | BWL III |
| Introductory course to academic research | We offer an introductory course into research, scientific writing, LaTeX, Python and R, held at the beginning of the lecture period. It is structured as an in-person presentation series (with hands on excercises and ample room for your questions). Details are available here on our website. If this is the first paper/thesis you write with the IBF, participating in the introductory course is mandatory. Alternatively, we offer the methodological introduction as an online ILIAS-course. It is available on demand (any time during the term and also after the binding registration). Nevertheless, we highly recommend attending the in-person course at the start of the term. |
| Formal guidelines | Guidelines for the preparation of scientific papers are available in Stud.IP. |
| General literature | Berk, J. B., & DeMarzo, P. M. (5. ed. 2019). Corporate finance. Pearson Education. Brooks, C. (2014). Introductory econometrics for finance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
| Basic literature to introduce each topic | Yes |
| Methodology | An empirical research or a simulation study. |
| Software | Python or R (other software on request) |
| Recommended word processing software | LaTeX or Microsoft Word |
| Page count | 13 (group of 2), 16 (group of 3), 19 (group of 4) |
| Meeting(s) to discuss outline | Multiple meetings are possible. |
| Performance requirements / Evaluation | Attendance during the presentation session is required. The final grade comprises of the written paper and a final presentation.
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| Examiner | Prof. Dr. Dierkes |
| Contact person | M.Sc. Leon Schulting |
| Group work and topic allocation | |
| Group work | Required |
| Group size | 2 - 4 |
| Group formation | Based on preferences. |
| Topics | Available topics will be announced at an introductory sessions. Further information can be found in Stud.IP. |
| Topic allocation | Based on preferences. |
| Type of (advance) registration | PDF form sent via e-mail (available in Stud.IP). |
| Schedule | |
| Pre-registration / Application | - |
| Kick-off-meeting | 13.10.2025, 4:30 p.m., room 1501-112 |
| Topic assignment | 22.10.2025 |
| Binding registration | until 06.11.2025 |
Beginning of seminar paper writing time | 07.11.2025 |
| Submission of seminar paper | 19.12.2025 (six weeks after the beginning of the writing time) |
| Submission of presenation | No later than one day before the presentation. |
| Presentations | CW 3, presumably on 13.01.2025. |
| Additional Notes | |
Further information and materials will be published on the module's Stud.IP page. | |
